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I'm looking for a shitbox; USA style.
Got around $2.5k for one.
Main things I want
Gas mileage
Reliability
I wouldn't mind decent cup holders i've been dealing with shit ones for most of my life so if it has good ones i'd be happier.
>>14011012
Geo Metro
Yugo
Motorcycle
>>14011012
Civic, or corolla
>>14011028
Seconding Yugo. They are stupid reliable, and a hoot to drive. Probably be the most fun and best car you will ever own. Pretty sexy cars too.
>>14011164
>>14011012
Corolla
If you can wrench get whatever you like. If you can't get anything with a timing belt and water pump service done recently or something with a timing chain and less than 150k. At small money just get the car that won't cost the purchase price in repairs. Also check tires that's a minimum of about $400 for a set.
>>14011028
Never heard of a yugo and craigslist had nada.
Not a fan of the deathcycles.
Metro might be a good choice.
>>14011564
wut
>>14011576
I thought corollas were overpriced for the quality?
>>14012294
Geo metro is the way to go for reliability and cheep maintenance
I just rebuilt my engine for less then new tires cost
>>14012294
GEO metro
>>14012327
Rebuilt motor
>>14012379
Old head
>>14012383
Bottom
>>14012379
>>14012327
>>14012329
Shitboxes are loved by /o/. We like to say they have character. We beat them to hell, and they somehow still go another 50k miles. When brand new with 4 miles on the odometer, we smugly donned these vehicles "econoboxes". But they matured, such as a fine wine does. They surived to 300k miles with minimal repairs. Just like a soldier earns the Purple Heart, our "econoboxes" earned their reputation as the "shitbox". There are a few cars that will always be known as great little shitboxes: the Toyota Corolla, our beloved Twingo, and America's frontrunner, The Geo Metro.
The Geo Metro was conceived much the same way I was: during a 4am cocaine fueled grope session in the back seat of an AMC Gremlin.
The year was 1987. A few Detroit executives who were down on their luck decided that we need a car designed for real human beans. A car that would love its 8th owner more than its original buyer. A car that had seen 3 oil changes its first 100k miles, but now is pampered by synthetic blend every 2,999 miles. Sunroof? Fuck that! 4 cylinders? Nope! We want 4 wheels, 3 cylinders, 2 doors, and one goddamn good car.
Thus the 1989 Geo Metro was born. It reigned supreme for decades, much like a dictator in Asia. Jay Leno owns 7 Geo Metros in case you forgot. The Geo Metro is the only car to win at Monza, Laguna Seca, Silverstone, and Talladega. Ford and Chrysler appealed to the US government in 1990, saying that production of the Geo Metro created an unfair advantage for GM. Unfortunately for Ford and Chrysler, 98% of the members of Congress drove Geo Metros and loved them to death. The Geo Metro placed 4th in the 1992 Presidential election behind Ross Perot.
Some say the Chevrolet Aveo was the successor to the Geo Metro, but I refuse to believe. Nothing can ever succed over the Geo Metro when it comes to its main purpose: being a spectacular shitbox.
>>14012456
The aveo isn't old enough to be a shitbox
>>14012456
nice pasta
But the Metro is a rebadged Suzuki
>>14012723
But it is essentially the American Twingo
>>14012294
In my area they are running and driving and clean for $1000
>>14012722
I beg to differ
>>14012723
Had to Pasta after I saw OP's pic. I spelled Talladega correctly this time though.
>>14012722
I disagree. The Aveo was a shitbox from the factory.
>>14012779
Just like the Geo Metro was a shitbox from the factory lol
How many people actually own geo metros here?
>>14012804
There's a few. MojaveMetro is one of my favs.
One of my friends bought a Geo Prizm for $800 a few years back. I loved that car. Manual trans. Power nothing. Speedo didn't work. But the thing ran for years with no problems. Throw the bike rack on that thing and Geo it over to the trails.
>>14012732
japanese*
>>14011012
>$2.5k
>gas mileage
>reliability
>cuntroll 'f'
>no Echo
>anywhere
For fuck's sake /o/. I know they're ugly but when mileage and reliability are your number one priorities, Echo can do no wrong.
>>14013056
I helped put a vinyl sign on an Echo when working at a graphics shop. The other guys were mocking the car and making fun of the owner for it.
Get a 2.2L Cavalier. Cheaper, bulletproof, and wont get you mocked
>>14013056
I wish the yaris price would come down to echo price
>>14013328
>cavalier
>wont get you mocked
maybe in you live in a trailerpark
whitetrash/10
>>14013337
This.
I mock cavaliers all the time. Straight up white trash
>>14013328
>This american shitbox gets worse mileage and won't get you mocked despite driving a shitbox worthy of being mocked.
k bro.
>>14013366
i saw one being driven by a fat white chick the other day. front and rear bumpers were FUCKED and it had a giant "Classy Bitch" decal on the rear window
>>14013462
I love the Calvin pissing on ford stickers on them.
Or save a horse Ride a cowboy
>>14013475
usually see those on bro-trucks
>>14013489
All the time on cavaliers here.
>>14013328
>I helped put a vinyl sign on an Echo when working at a graphics shop. The other guys were mocking the car and making fun of the owner for it.
Yeah, I'm sure he's really worried about impressing garbage people.
Not OP, but is this a good car?
>>14013543
A solid shitbox choice, anon.
>>14013543
I love the Saturn S-Series, great car.
Festiva, better than a metro but without shitbox tax.
>>14013715
kia tho.
>>14012294
>not getting nissan 200sx (sentra 2door).
>reliable, somewhat good aftermarket, and mpgs
>>14014432
>buying Nissan ever
![1971-1980-ford-pinto-1978[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1D1OfWL.jpg "1971-1980-ford-pinto-1978[1].jpg")
How about some classic shitbox? For the ones still on the road, their infamous flaws have been corrected, but their reputation is still so scary that they'll always be cheap.
>>14014447
>not knowing nissan in the 90s still are nissans best era cars and most of them are still on the road and running today
>>14012732
>>14012961
Ahem... 'Scuse me !
>>14012456
This reads exactly like the script from a Regular Car Review
>>14011012
Sunfire. Mine gets ~30mpg and hasn't failed me yet. Parts are dirt cheap too.
